Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it's up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday's paper.

This week's question

My neighbour has concreted over her front garden to create a car park for her big fat SUV. It has uglified the whole road – yet I can see other neighbours doing it as well. Can this be stopped? Can I object to the council? Any success stories on fighting this would be most appreciated.